The U.S. Navy identified a need for portable and collapsible one-man hyperbaric chambers, called Emergency Evacuation Hyperbaric Stretchers (EEHS), which could be used as a means of transporting submarine rescuees suffering from Decompression Sickness (DCS) or Arterial Gas Embolism (AGE) to a recompression chamber for treatment. This report discusses the possible uses of such a system in the U.S. Navy Submarine Rescue Mission. Medical indications and contraindications for use of the system are reviewed. Characteristics of the currently favored system are described. Triage algorithms and treatment guidelines are presented for submarine escape, submarine rescue, and evacuation using the EEHS.
Use of Emergency Evacuation Hyperbaric Stretcher (EEHS) in Submarine Escape and Rescue
1999
50 pages
Report
No indication
English
Health Care Technology , Stress Physiology , Biomedical Instrumentation & Bioengineering , Life Support Systems , Logistics Military Facilities & Supplies , Rescues , Gas embolism , Decompression sickness , Hyperbaric conditions , Hyperbaric chambers , Submarine escape , Algorithms , Emergencies , Naval personnel , Casualties , Instructions , Submarines , Stretchers , Evacuation , Emergency evacuation hyperbaric stretcher , Eehs(Emergency evacuation hyperbaric stretcher)
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